Project Detail

Bright Young Things

Synopsis

Set in the 1930s, the world of the Bright Young Things is one of nightclubs, dancing, jazz and speed. Their lives revolve around an endless series of parties and pleasure seeking: motorcars, jazz bands, gossip journalism, drugs, gramophones - Inevitably, however, the frantic pace of living takes its toll and one by one they begin to crash and burn in the search for newer and faster sensations.

Details

Year
2003
Type of project
Features
Running time
106 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Stephen Fry 1st Feature
Producer
Caroline Hewitt
Co-Producer
Caroline Hewitt
Editor
Alex Mackie
Screenwriter
Stephen Fry
Director of Photography
Henry Braham
Composer
Anne Dudley
Principal cast
Emily Mortimer, Stephen Campbell Moore, Dan Aykroyd, Jim Broadbent, Stockard Channing, Fenella Woolgar, James McAvoy, David Tennant

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Doubting Hall Ltd

c/o Revolution Films
9A Dallington Street
London EC1V 0BQ
UK

T+44 (0)20 7566 0700

email@revolution-films.com

Sales Company

The Works

4th Floor Portland House
4 Great Portland Street,
London W1W 8QJ
UK

T +44 (0)20 7612 1080

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